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5 (I'd rather have the below in the CG. -gp)
8 * avoid "HERE" as name for links, use descriptive link names like
9 @uref{,Download LilyPond 2.5.16}
11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
12 Preferably: (@uref{,...}, etc. )
14 * use a descriptive title in @subsubheading
16 * writing date in "Month DD, YYYY" format is required for
17 generating the RSS feed; in case the message (and thus the date)
18 is not in English, you must write a well-formed date in English
19 like above in a comment between the closing brace of @emph and the
21 (see "Japanese translation" below for an example).
23 * Split news items in small chunks. It's OK to have more than 1 item
26 * don't duplicate entries from news-front.itexi
30 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
33 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
34 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
35 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
36 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
41 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
43 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
44 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
45 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
46 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
47 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
52 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
54 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
55 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
56 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
57 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
58 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
63 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
65 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
66 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
67 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
68 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
69 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
74 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
76 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
77 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
78 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
79 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
80 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
85 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
87 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
88 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
89 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
90 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
91 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
96 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
98 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
99 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
100 where they should be) and enhancements, and contains
101 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
102 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
103 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
108 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
110 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. This
111 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
112 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
113 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
114 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
119 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
121 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
122 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
123 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
124 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
125 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
130 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
132 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
133 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
134 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
135 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
136 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
141 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
143 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
144 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
145 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
146 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
147 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
152 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
154 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
155 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
156 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
157 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
158 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
163 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
165 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
166 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
167 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
168 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
169 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
174 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
177 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
178 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
179 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
180 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
186 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
189 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
190 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
194 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
196 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
197 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
198 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
199 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
200 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
205 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
207 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
208 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
209 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
210 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
211 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
216 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
218 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
219 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
220 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
221 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
226 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
228 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
229 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
230 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
231 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
236 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
238 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
239 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
240 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
241 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
246 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
249 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
250 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
251 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
257 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
259 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
260 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
261 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
262 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
267 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
269 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
270 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
271 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
272 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
274 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
275 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
279 Support for kievan square notation
281 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
283 Music functions have become quite more versatile
286 A full list of new features is given in:
289 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
292 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
294 Main development team:
296 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
297 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
298 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
299 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
300 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
303 Programming contributors:
305 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
306 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
307 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
308 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
310 Documentation contributors:
312 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
316 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
321 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
323 Translation contributors:
325 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
330 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
332 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
333 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
334 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
336 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
337 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
338 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
340 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
341 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
349 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
350 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
352 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
353 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
354 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
361 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
363 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
364 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
365 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
366 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
367 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
368 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
371 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
372 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
377 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
379 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
380 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
381 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
382 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
383 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
389 @subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
391 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
392 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
393 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
394 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
397 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
398 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
399 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
406 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
408 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
409 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
411 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
412 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
413 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
420 @subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
422 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
423 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
424 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
425 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
426 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
432 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
434 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
435 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
436 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
437 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
440 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
441 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
442 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
449 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
451 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
452 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
453 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
454 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
455 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
456 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
459 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
460 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
467 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
469 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
470 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
471 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
472 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
475 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
476 candidate will be required.
482 @subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
484 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
485 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
486 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
487 working on open source software.
489 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
490 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
496 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
498 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
499 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
500 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
501 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
504 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
505 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
506 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
513 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
515 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
516 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
517 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
518 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
521 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
522 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
523 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
530 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
532 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
533 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
534 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
535 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
538 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
539 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
546 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
548 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
549 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
551 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
552 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
553 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
560 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
562 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
563 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
565 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
566 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
567 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
574 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
576 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
577 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
579 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
580 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
581 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
588 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
590 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
591 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
592 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
593 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
596 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
597 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
604 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
606 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
607 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
609 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
610 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
611 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
618 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
620 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
621 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
623 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
624 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
625 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
632 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
634 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
635 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
636 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
637 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
640 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
641 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
642 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
649 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
651 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
652 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
654 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
655 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
656 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
663 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
665 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
666 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
668 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
669 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
670 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
677 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
680 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
682 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
683 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
684 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
691 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
693 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
694 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
695 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
696 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
697 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
700 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
701 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
708 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
710 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
711 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
713 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
714 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
715 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
718 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
724 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
726 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
727 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
729 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
730 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
731 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
738 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
740 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
741 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
743 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
744 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
745 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
754 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
755 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
757 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
758 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
759 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
766 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
768 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
769 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
771 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
772 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
773 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
780 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
782 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
783 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
785 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
786 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
787 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
794 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
796 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
797 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
799 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
800 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
801 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
808 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
810 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
811 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
813 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
814 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
815 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
822 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
824 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
825 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
827 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
828 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
829 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
836 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
838 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
839 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
841 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
842 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
843 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
850 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
852 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
853 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
855 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
856 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
857 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
864 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
866 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
867 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
869 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
870 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
871 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
878 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
880 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
881 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
883 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
884 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
885 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
892 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
894 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
901 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
903 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
904 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
905 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
906 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
909 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
910 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
911 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
918 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
920 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
921 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
923 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
924 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
925 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
926 not the next release candidate.
932 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
934 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
935 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
937 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
938 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
939 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
940 next release candidate.
946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
948 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
949 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
950 support for MacOS X 10.7.
952 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
953 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
954 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
955 next release candidate.
961 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
963 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
964 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
965 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
966 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
969 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
970 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
971 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
978 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
980 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
981 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
983 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
984 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
990 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
992 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
993 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
995 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
996 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1002 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1004 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1005 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1006 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1014 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1016 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1017 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1019 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1020 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1026 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1028 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1029 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1031 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1032 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1038 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1040 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1041 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1043 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1044 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1050 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1052 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1053 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1055 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1056 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1062 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1064 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1065 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1066 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1071 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1073 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1074 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1075 usual number of bugs.
1077 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1078 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1083 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1085 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1086 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1087 usual number of bugs.
1089 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1090 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1096 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1098 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1099 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1100 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1101 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1103 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1104 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1109 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1112 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1113 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1116 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1121 A full list of new features is given in:
1124 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1127 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1129 Main development team:
1131 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1132 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1133 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1134 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1135 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1137 Programming contributors:
1139 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1140 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1141 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1142 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1143 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1144 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1148 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1150 Documentation contributors:
1152 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1153 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1157 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1158 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1160 Binaries support contributors:
1164 Translation contributors:
1166 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1167 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1174 @subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1176 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1177 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1178 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1179 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1182 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1183 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1184 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1191 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1193 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1194 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1196 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1197 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1203 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1205 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1206 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1208 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1209 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1215 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1217 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1218 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1220 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1221 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1227 @subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1229 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1230 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1231 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
1232 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1233 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1234 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1235 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1240 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1242 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1243 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1245 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1246 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1252 @subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1254 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1255 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1256 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1257 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1260 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1261 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1262 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1269 @subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
1271 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1272 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1273 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1274 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1277 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1278 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1279 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1286 @subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
1288 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1289 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1290 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1291 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1294 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1295 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1296 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1303 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
1305 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
1306 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1308 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
1309 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1315 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
1317 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
1318 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1319 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1320 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1321 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1327 @subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
1329 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1330 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1331 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1332 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1335 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1336 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1337 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1344 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
1346 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
1347 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1349 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1350 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1355 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
1357 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
1358 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1360 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1361 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1366 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
1368 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
1369 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1371 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
1372 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1378 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
1380 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
1381 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1383 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
1384 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
1385 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
1391 @subsubheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
1393 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
1394 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
1395 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
1402 @subsubheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
1404 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1405 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1406 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1407 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1410 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1411 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1412 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1419 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
1421 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
1422 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1423 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1431 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
1433 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
1434 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1435 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1443 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
1445 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
1446 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
1447 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1448 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1449 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1455 @subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
1457 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1458 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1459 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1460 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1463 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1464 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1465 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1472 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
1474 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
1475 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1476 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1485 @subsubheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
1487 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
1488 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1489 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1490 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1493 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1494 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1495 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1496 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1502 @subsubheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
1504 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
1505 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1506 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1507 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1510 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
1511 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
1512 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
1513 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1519 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
1521 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
1522 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1523 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1526 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1527 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1528 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1534 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
1536 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
1537 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1538 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1541 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1542 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1543 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1549 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
1551 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
1552 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1553 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1556 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
1557 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1558 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1564 @subsubheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
1566 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
1567 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1568 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1569 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1572 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1573 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1574 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
1575 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1584 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
1586 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
1587 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
1588 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
1589 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
1590 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
1591 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
1592 read on to find out what for!
1595 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
1596 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
1603 @subsubheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
1605 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
1606 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1607 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1608 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1611 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1612 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1613 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
1614 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1621 @subsubheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
1623 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
1624 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1625 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1626 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1629 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
1630 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
1631 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
1632 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
1639 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
1641 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
1642 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1643 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1646 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
1647 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
1648 at all confident about the quality of this release.
1653 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
1655 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1656 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
1657 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
1658 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
1659 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
1663 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
1664 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
1671 @subsubheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
1673 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
1674 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1675 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1676 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1679 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
1680 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1681 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1682 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
1684 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
1686 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
1687 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
1688 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1694 @subsubheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
1696 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
1697 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
1698 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
1699 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1702 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
1703 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
1704 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
1705 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
1706 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
1707 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
1713 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
1715 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
1716 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1717 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1726 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
1728 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
1729 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1730 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1737 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
1739 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1740 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
1741 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
1742 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
1743 the bug report of the report!
1746 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
1747 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
1753 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
1755 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
1756 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1757 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1764 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
1766 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
1767 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1768 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1775 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
1777 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1778 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
1779 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
1780 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
1784 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
1785 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
1793 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
1795 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
1796 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1797 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1800 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
1801 caution and expect breakage.
1806 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
1808 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
1809 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1810 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1813 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
1814 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
1815 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
1816 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
1821 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
1823 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
1824 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1825 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1831 @subsubheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
1833 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
1834 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
1835 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
1836 improvements to the new website.
1838 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
1839 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
1841 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
1842 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
1844 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
1850 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
1852 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
1853 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1854 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1859 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
1861 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
1862 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1863 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1869 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
1871 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
1872 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1873 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1879 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
1881 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
1882 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1883 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1888 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
1890 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
1891 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1892 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1897 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
1899 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
1900 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1901 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1904 This release should be of particular interest to package
1905 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
1906 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
1907 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
1913 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
1915 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
1916 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
1917 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
1918 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
1921 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
1922 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
1929 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
1931 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
1932 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
1933 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1936 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
1937 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
1938 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
1939 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
1940 see the Changes document for more information.
1944 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
1946 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
1947 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
1948 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1953 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
1955 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
1956 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
1957 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
1958 so this release is intended for developers only.
1962 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
1964 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
1965 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
1966 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
1971 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
1973 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
1974 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
1979 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
1981 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
1982 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
1983 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
1989 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
1991 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
1992 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
1993 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
1994 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
1995 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
1997 What are you waiting for? Come
1998 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
1999 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2004 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2006 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2007 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2008 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2012 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2014 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2015 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2016 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2017 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2018 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2023 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2025 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2026 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2027 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2031 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2033 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2034 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2035 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2036 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2040 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2042 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2043 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2044 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2045 and English names for feta filenames.
2051 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2053 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2054 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2055 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2056 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2059 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2060 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2061 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2067 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2069 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2070 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2071 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2072 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2074 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2075 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2080 @subsubheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2082 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2083 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2089 @subsubheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2091 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2092 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2093 Read @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2100 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2102 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2103 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2104 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2105 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2107 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2108 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2109 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2117 @subsubheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2119 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2120 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2121 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2122 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2123 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2124 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2125 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2126 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2132 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2134 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2135 its team, its world, its community.
2136 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2137 to read the full issue...
2142 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2144 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2145 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2146 Follow @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2151 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2153 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2154 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2160 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2162 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2164 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2171 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2173 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2174 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2175 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2176 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2177 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2179 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2180 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2182 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2184 @ref{Old downloads}.
2189 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2191 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2192 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2193 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2194 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2195 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2196 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2199 @ref{Old downloads}.
2204 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2206 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2207 documentation and translations.
2208 @ref{Old downloads}.
2213 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2215 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2216 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2217 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2218 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2219 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2221 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2222 @ref{Old downloads}.
2227 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2229 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2230 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2231 (teaching) has been added.
2233 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2235 @ref{Old downloads}.
2240 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2242 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2243 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2244 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2245 @ref{Old downloads}.
2250 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2252 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2253 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2254 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2255 translations of the documentation.
2256 @ref{Old downloads}.
2261 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2263 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2264 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
2265 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
2266 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
2267 deceased since then. All the development team express their
2268 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
2269 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
2270 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
2271 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
2273 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
2275 @ref{Old downloads}.
2280 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
2282 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
2283 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
2284 markup command names have been made.
2287 @ref{Old downloads}.
2292 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
2294 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
2295 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
2296 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
2297 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
2298 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
2301 @ref{Old downloads}.
2306 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
2308 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
2309 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
2311 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
2312 @ref{Old downloads}.
2317 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
2319 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
2320 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
2321 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
2323 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
2324 @ref{Old downloads}.
2329 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
2331 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
2333 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
2334 @ref{Old downloads}.
2339 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
2341 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
2342 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
2343 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
2345 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
2347 @ref{Old downloads}.
2352 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
2354 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
2355 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
2356 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
2357 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
2359 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
2360 @ref{Old downloads}.
2365 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
2367 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
2368 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
2371 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
2372 @ref{Old downloads}.
2377 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
2379 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2380 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
2385 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
2387 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2388 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
2393 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
2395 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
2397 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
2398 @ref{Old downloads}.
2403 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2405 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
2406 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
2407 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
2409 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
2410 @ref{Old downloads}.
2415 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
2417 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2418 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
2423 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
2425 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
2426 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
2431 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
2433 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
2434 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
2435 regression tests maintenance for developers.
2437 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
2438 @ref{Old downloads}.
2443 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
2445 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
2446 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
2448 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
2450 @ref{Old downloads}.
2455 @subsubheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
2457 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
2458 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
2459 report, new translations of the site and publications.
2460 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
2461 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
2462 announce releases and special events.
2467 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
2469 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
2470 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2471 Follow @uref{http://valentin.villenave.info/The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
2476 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
2478 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
2479 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
2480 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
2481 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
2482 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
2485 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
2487 @ref{Old downloads}.
2492 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
2494 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
2495 names has been added to the MusicXML
2498 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
2499 @ref{Old downloads}.
2504 @subsubheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
2506 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
2511 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
2513 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
2514 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
2515 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
2518 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
2519 @ref{Old downloads}.
2524 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
2526 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
2529 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
2530 @ref{Old downloads}.
2535 @subsubheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2537 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
2538 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
2539 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
2540 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
2541 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
2542 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
2548 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
2550 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
2551 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
2552 updates to the MusicXML converter.
2554 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
2555 @ref{Old downloads}.
2560 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
2562 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
2563 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
2568 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
2570 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
2571 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
2572 Grand Documentation Project.
2574 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
2575 @ref{Old downloads}.
2580 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
2582 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
2584 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
2585 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
2586 @ref{Old downloads}.
2591 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
2593 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
2595 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
2596 @ref{Old downloads}.
2601 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
2603 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
2604 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
2606 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
2607 @ref{Old downloads}.
2612 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
2614 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
2615 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
2616 for the translations.
2618 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
2619 @ref{Old downloads}.
2624 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
2626 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
2627 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
2628 and lots of updates for the translations.
2630 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
2631 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
2632 @ref{Old downloads}.
2637 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
2639 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
2640 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
2641 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh,the installer} and
2642 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
2647 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
2648 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
2649 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
2650 spacing engine code.
2652 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
2653 @ref{Old downloads}.
2658 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
2660 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
2661 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
2663 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
2664 @ref{Old downloads}.
2669 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
2671 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
2672 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
2674 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
2675 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
2676 @ref{Old downloads}.
2681 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
2682 This has lots of bugfixes.
2684 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
2685 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
2686 @ref{Old downloads}.
2691 @subsubheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
2692 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
2693 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
2694 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
2699 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
2700 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
2702 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
2704 @ref{Old downloads}.
2709 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
2710 This release has some documentation updates.
2712 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
2714 @ref{Old downloads}.
2719 @subsubheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
2720 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
2721 disponibles en ligne ---
2722 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
2723 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
2724 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
2725 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
2730 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
2731 This release fixes many bugs.
2733 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
2734 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
2736 @ref{Old downloads}.
2741 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
2742 This release fixes many bugs.
2744 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
2745 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
2747 @ref{Old downloads}.
2752 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
2753 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
2754 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
2756 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
2758 @ref{Old downloads}.
2763 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
2764 This release fixes still more bugs.
2766 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
2768 @ref{Old downloads}.
2773 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
2774 This release fixes many bugs.
2775 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
2776 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
2778 @ref{Old downloads})
2783 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
2784 This release will stretch piano staves on a
2785 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
2786 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
2788 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
2789 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
2791 @ref{Old downloads}.
2796 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
2797 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
2798 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
2800 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
2807 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2808 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
2809 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
2811 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
2813 @ref{Old downloads}.
2818 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2819 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
2820 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
2822 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
2824 @ref{Old downloads}.
2829 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
2830 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
2833 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
2835 @ref{Old downloads}.
2840 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
2841 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
2843 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
2845 @ref{Old downloads}.
2850 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
2851 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
2852 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
2853 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
2855 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
2857 @ref{Old downloads}.
2862 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2863 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
2864 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
2865 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
2866 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
2867 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
2869 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
2871 @ref{Old downloads}.
2876 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
2877 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
2878 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
2881 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
2883 @ref{Old downloads}.
2888 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2889 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
2890 further improvements in the regression test suite
2894 @ref{Old downloads}.
2899 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
2900 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2904 @ref{Old downloads}.
2909 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
2910 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
2915 @subsubheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
2916 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
2921 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
2922 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2926 @ref{Old downloads}.
2931 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2932 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
2933 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
2937 @ref{Old downloads}.
2942 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
2943 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2947 @ref{Old downloads}.
2952 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2953 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
2958 @ref{Old downloads}.
2963 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
2964 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
2968 @ref{Old downloads}.
2973 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
2974 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
2975 within a system as well as between systems.
2979 @ref{Old downloads}.
2984 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2985 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
2986 test results} and several website build improvements.
2990 @ref{Old downloads}.
2995 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
2996 This release fixes several bugs.
2999 @ref{Old downloads}.
3004 @subsubheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3005 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3010 @subsubheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3011 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3012 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3013 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3014 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3019 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3020 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3024 @ref{Old downloads}.
3029 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3030 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3033 @ref{Old downloads}.
3038 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3039 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3043 @ref{Old downloads}.
3048 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3049 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3052 @ref{Old downloads}.
3057 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3058 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3063 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3064 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3065 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3070 @subsubheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3071 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3072 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3077 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3078 This release has many more bugfixes.
3081 @ref{Old downloads}.
3086 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3087 This release has many more bugfixes.
3090 @ref{Old downloads}.
3095 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3096 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3101 @ref{Old downloads}.
3106 @subsubheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3107 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3108 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3109 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3110 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3111 (@ref{Publications}).
3116 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3117 This release has further bugfixes.
3120 @ref{Old downloads}.
3125 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3126 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3127 available for x86/64.
3130 @ref{Old downloads}.
3135 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3136 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3137 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3138 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3139 @ref{Old downloads})
3144 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3145 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3146 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3151 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3152 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3157 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3158 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3163 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3164 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3169 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3170 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3171 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3176 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3177 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3178 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3179 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3184 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3185 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3190 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3191 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3192 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3197 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3198 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3199 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3200 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3201 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3206 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3207 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3208 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3213 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3214 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3215 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3216 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3221 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3222 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3223 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3224 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3229 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3230 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3232 @ref{Old downloads})
3237 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3238 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3240 @ref{Old downloads})
3245 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3246 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3247 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3249 @ref{Old downloads})
3254 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3255 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3256 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3257 (@ref{Old downloads})
3262 @subsubheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3263 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3264 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
3265 glory} what features are broken in the development release
3270 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
3271 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
3272 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
3273 the development releases even better
3278 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
3280 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
3281 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
3282 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3287 @subsubheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
3288 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
3289 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
3290 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
3291 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
3292 esthetics}. Happy reading!
3297 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
3298 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
3299 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
3301 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3306 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3307 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
3308 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
3309 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
3310 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3315 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
3316 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
3317 (@ref{Old downloads})
3322 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
3323 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
3324 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
3325 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
3326 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
3327 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3332 @subsubheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
3333 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
3334 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
3335 (@ref{Publications})
3340 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3341 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
3342 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3347 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
3348 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
3349 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
3350 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3355 @subsubheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
3356 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
3357 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
3362 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
3363 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
3364 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3369 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
3370 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
3371 released. (@ref{Changes},
3372 @ref{Old downloads})
3377 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
3378 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
3379 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
3380 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
3381 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
3382 multi-measure rests.
3384 @ref{Old downloads})
3389 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
3390 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
3392 @ref{Old downloads})
3397 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
3398 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
3399 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
3400 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
3401 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3402 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
3403 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
3404 @ref{Old downloads})
3409 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
3410 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
3411 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
3412 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
3413 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
3414 @ref{Old downloads})
3419 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
3420 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
3421 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
3422 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
3423 the endings and the middle
3424 part. (@ref{Changes},
3425 @ref{Old downloads})
3430 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
3431 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
3432 parenthesized, for example,
3435 c4 -\parenthesize -.
3436 <d \parenthesize fis a>
3440 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
3441 @ref{Old downloads})
3446 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
3447 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
3448 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
3458 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
3459 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
3460 vector. (@ref{Changes},
3461 @ref{Old downloads})
3466 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
3467 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
3468 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
3469 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
3470 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
3471 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
3472 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
3474 @ref{Old downloads})
3479 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
3480 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
3481 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
3482 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
3483 @ref{Old downloads})
3488 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
3489 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
3490 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
3491 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
3492 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
3493 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
3494 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
3495 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3496 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3497 @ref{Old downloads})
3502 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
3503 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
3504 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
3505 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
3506 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
3507 @ref{Old downloads})
3512 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
3514 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
3515 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
3516 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
3521 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
3522 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
3523 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
3524 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
3525 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
3530 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3531 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
3532 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
3534 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.7.27-1.linux.sh,
3536 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/MacOS/lilypond-2.7.27-2.zip,
3538 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.7.27-2.exe,
3544 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
3545 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
3546 (feature sponsored by Andrea
3547 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
3548 @ref{Old downloads})
3553 @subsubheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
3554 Linux Journal publishes an article on
3555 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
3556 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
3557 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
3560 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
3561 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
3562 alternatives seem second-rate.}
3563 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
3568 @subsubheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
3569 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
3570 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
3571 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
3572 page. Let us know how you fare!
3577 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
3578 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
3579 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
3580 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
3581 The important occasion for this release is our new build
3582 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
3583 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
3584 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
3585 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
3587 @ref{Old downloads})
3592 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
3593 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
3594 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
3595 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
3596 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
3597 @ref{Old downloads})
3602 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
3603 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
3604 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
3605 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
3606 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
3607 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
3608 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
3609 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
3610 functions. (@ref{Changes},
3611 @ref{Old downloads})
3616 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
3617 This release has the following new features:
3620 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
3621 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
3622 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
3624 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
3625 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
3626 and Bertalan Fodor).
3628 Generic music functions may now also be used on
3629 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
3632 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
3633 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
3634 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
3638 @ref{Old downloads})
3643 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
3644 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
3645 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
3646 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
3647 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
3648 van den Borre and Bertalan
3649 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
3650 @ref{Old downloads})
3655 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
3656 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
3657 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
3658 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
3664 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
3665 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
3666 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
3667 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
3668 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
3670 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
3671 @ref{Old downloads})
3676 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
3677 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
3678 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
3683 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
3684 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
3685 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
3686 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
3687 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
3688 etc. (@ref{Changes},
3689 @ref{Old downloads})
3694 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
3695 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
3696 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
3697 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3698 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3699 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3700 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3701 @ref{Old downloads})
3706 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
3707 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
3708 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
3709 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
3710 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3711 @ref{Old downloads})
3716 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
3717 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
3718 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
3719 @ref{Old downloads})
3724 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
3725 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
3726 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
3727 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
3728 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
3729 properties. (@ref{Changes},
3730 @ref{Old downloads})
3735 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
3736 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
3737 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
3738 that compute said property, i.e.
3741 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
3742 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
3745 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
3746 @ref{Old downloads})
3751 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
3752 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
3753 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
3754 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
3755 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
3756 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
3757 also provides advanced tweakability for power
3758 users. (@ref{Changes},
3759 @ref{Old downloads})
3764 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
3765 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
3766 series. (@ref{Changes},
3767 @ref{Old downloads})
3772 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
3773 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
3774 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
3775 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
3776 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
3777 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
3778 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
3779 sponsored by Nicolas
3780 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
3781 @ref{Old downloads})
3786 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
3787 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
3788 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
3789 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
3790 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
3791 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
3792 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
3793 @ref{Old downloads})
3798 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
3799 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
3800 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
3801 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
3802 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3803 @ref{Old downloads})
3808 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
3809 This is mainly a bugfix
3810 release. (@ref{Changes},
3811 @ref{Old downloads})
3816 @subsubheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
3817 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
3818 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
3819 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
3820 la gravure musicale}.
3825 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
3826 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
3827 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
3828 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
3829 @ref{Old downloads})
3834 @subsubheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
3835 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
3836 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
3837 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
3838 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
3839 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
3844 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
3845 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
3846 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
3847 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
3848 @ref{Old downloads})
3853 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
3854 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
3855 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
3856 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
3857 signs. (@ref{Changes},
3858 @ref{Old downloads})
3863 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
3864 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
3865 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
3866 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
3867 @ref{Old downloads})
3872 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
3873 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
3874 for a note is proportional to the time it
3875 takes. (@ref{Changes},
3876 @ref{Old downloads})
3881 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
3882 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
3883 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
3888 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
3889 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
3890 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
3891 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
3893 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
3894 @ref{Old downloads})
3899 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
3900 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
3901 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
3902 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
3904 @ref{Old downloads})
3909 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
3910 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
3911 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
3912 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
3913 @ref{Old downloads})
3918 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
3919 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
3921 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
3922 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
3923 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
3924 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
3925 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
3930 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
3931 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
3932 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
3933 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
3938 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
3939 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
3940 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
3941 @ref{Old downloads})
3946 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
3947 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
3948 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
3949 @ref{Old downloads})
3954 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
3955 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
3956 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
3957 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
3958 (@ref{Old downloads})
3963 @subsubheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
3964 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
3965 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
3966 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
3971 @subsubheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3972 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
3973 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
3974 better help functionality.
3975 (@ref{Old downloads})
3980 @subsubheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
3981 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
3982 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
3983 compile them directly from
3984 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
3989 @subsubheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
3990 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
3991 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
3996 @subsubheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
3997 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
3998 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
3999 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4004 @subsubheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4005 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4006 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4007 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4008 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4013 @subsubheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4014 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4015 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4020 @subsubheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4021 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4026 @subsubheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4027 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4028 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4033 @subsubheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4034 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4035 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4036 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4037 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4042 @subsubheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4043 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4044 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4045 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4046 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4047 @ref{Old downloads})
4052 @subsubheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4054 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4055 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4057 (@ref{Old downloads})
4062 @subsubheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4063 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4064 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4065 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4066 signatures like 5/8.
4068 @ref{Old downloads})
4073 @subsubheading April 18, 2005
4074 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4075 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4076 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4077 More details are in the
4079 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4084 @subsubheading April 15, 2005
4085 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4086 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4087 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4088 Scheme code. Take a look at
4090 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4095 @subsubheading April 6, 2005
4096 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4097 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4098 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4103 @subsubheading March 31, 2005
4104 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4105 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4106 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4111 @subsubheading March 20, 2005
4112 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4113 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4119 @subsubheading March 14, 2005
4120 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4121 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4122 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4123 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4124 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4129 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4130 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4131 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4132 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4133 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4134 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4136 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4141 @subsubheading March 7, 2005
4142 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4143 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4149 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4150 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Fedora-3/ghostscript-8.15rc3-0.i386.rpm,ESP
4151 Ghostscript 8.15rc3}. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4152 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4153 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4159 @subsubheading February 28, 2005
4160 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4161 PDF output. You can read more about it @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.5/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Point-and-click.html,here}.
4162 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4163 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4168 @subsubheading February 26, 2005
4169 The @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4170 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4171 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4172 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4177 @subsubheading February 21, 2005
4178 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4179 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4180 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4181 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4183 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4188 @subsubheading February 4, 2005
4189 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4190 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4191 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4192 @ref{Old downloads}!
4197 @subsubheading January 31, 2005
4198 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4199 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4200 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4206 @subsubheading January 26, 2005
4207 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4208 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4214 @subsubheading January 16, 2005
4215 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4216 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4217 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4219 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3065&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,
4221 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4226 @subsubheading January 11, 2005
4227 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4228 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4229 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4230 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4231 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4232 font code by Werner.
4234 and check out the changes in
4235 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3048&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4240 @subsubheading January 02, 2005
4241 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4242 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4243 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4244 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4245 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4246 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4247 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4248 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4249 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4252 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.3013&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4257 @subsubheading December 28, 2004
4258 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4259 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4260 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4261 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4263 and check out the changes in
4264 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev= 1.3000&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4269 @subsubheading December 20, 2004
4270 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
4271 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
4272 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
4273 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
4274 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
4277 changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2974&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4282 @subsubheading December 3, 2004
4283 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
4284 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
4285 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
4286 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
4287 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
4288 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
4289 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
4290 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
4294 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2908&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4299 @subsubheading November 26, 2004
4300 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
4301 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
4302 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
4303 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
4304 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
4306 and check out the changes in
4307 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2898&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4312 @subsubheading November 20, 2004
4313 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
4314 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
4315 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
4316 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
4317 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
4318 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
4319 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
4320 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
4323 and check out the changes in
4324 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2881&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4329 @subsubheading November 12, 2004
4330 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
4331 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
4332 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
4333 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
4334 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
4337 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
4340 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
4341 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
4342 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
4343 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
4344 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
4347 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2837&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4352 @subsubheading November 11, 2004
4353 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
4354 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
4360 @subsubheading November 4, 2004
4361 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
4362 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
4364 and check out the changes in
4365 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2780.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4370 @subsubheading October 31, 2004
4371 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
4372 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
4373 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
4374 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
4381 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4382 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
4383 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
4384 some problems with the conversion scripts.
4386 and check out the changes in
4387 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2773&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4392 @subsubheading October 29, 2004
4393 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4394 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
4395 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
4396 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
4398 and check out the changes in
4399 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2765&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4404 @subsubheading October 27, 2004
4405 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
4406 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
4407 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
4409 and check out the changes in
4410 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2752&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4415 @subsubheading October 24, 2004
4416 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
4417 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
4418 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
4420 and check out the changes in
4421 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2742&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4426 @subsubheading October 10, 2004
4427 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
4428 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
4429 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
4433 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2709&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4438 @subsubheading October 09, 2004
4439 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
4440 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
4441 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
4445 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2692&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4450 @subsubheading October 02, 2004
4451 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
4452 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
4453 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
4454 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
4455 in the documentation.
4457 and check out the changes in
4458 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2674&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4463 @subsubheading September 29, 2004
4464 The LilyPond development team will be present at the @uref{http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2004/bazaar/index.html,Free
4465 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
4466 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
4467 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
4472 @subsubheading September 26, 2004
4473 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
4475 and check out the changes
4476 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2652&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4481 @subsubheading September 20, 2004
4482 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
4483 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
4484 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
4485 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
4486 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
4487 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
4490 and check out the changes in
4491 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2614&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4496 @subsubheading September 11, 2004
4497 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
4498 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
4499 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
4500 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
4501 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
4502 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
4503 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
4504 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
4505 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
4506 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
4507 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
4508 will hold users back in switching.
4510 and check out the changes in
4511 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2562&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4516 @subsubheading September 10, 2004
4517 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
4518 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
4519 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
4520 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
4521 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
4522 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
4524 and check out the changes in
4525 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2553&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4530 @subsubheading September 6, 2004
4531 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
4532 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
4533 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
4534 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
4535 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
4539 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2534&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4544 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4545 LilyPond now has a Documentation
4546 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
4547 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
4548 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
4549 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
4550 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
4551 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
4552 chapter of the user manual.
4553 A lot of cheers for Graham!
4558 @subsubheading August 29, 2004
4559 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
4560 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
4561 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
4562 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
4563 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
4564 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
4568 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2520&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4573 @subsubheading August 24, 2004
4574 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
4575 disappearing metronome mark.
4577 and check out the changes in
4578 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.33&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4583 @subsubheading August 23, 2004
4584 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
4585 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
4586 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
4587 `doubleSlurs' property.
4589 and check out the changes in
4590 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2489&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4595 @subsubheading August 3, 2004
4596 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
4597 annoying bugs fixed.
4600 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2449&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4605 @subsubheading August 1, 2004
4606 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
4607 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
4608 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
4609 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
4610 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
4611 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
4614 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
4615 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
4617 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
4618 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
4623 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2435&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4628 @subsubheading July 30, 2004
4629 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
4630 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
4631 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
4632 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
4633 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
4634 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
4635 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
4636 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
4637 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
4638 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
4641 the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2416&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4646 @subsubheading July 23, 2004
4647 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
4648 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
4649 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
4650 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
4653 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2395&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4658 @subsubheading July 19, 2004
4659 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
4660 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
4661 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
4662 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
4663 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
4664 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
4665 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
4666 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
4667 beat within the measure.
4669 and check out the changes in
4670 the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2383&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4675 @subsubheading July 15, 2004
4676 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
4680 out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4685 @subsubheading July 11, 2004
4686 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
4692 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4693 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
4694 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
4695 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
4696 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
4698 and check out the changes
4699 in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2306&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4704 @subsubheading July 5, 2004
4705 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
4709 check out the changes in the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.23&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}.
4714 @subsubheading June 25, 2004
4715 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
4716 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
4717 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
4718 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
4719 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
4720 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
4721 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2293&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4723 @ref{Old downloads}.
4728 @subsubheading June 20, 2004
4729 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
4730 bugs that were reported over the past month. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.16&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog} for a full description and
4731 @ref{Old downloads}.
4736 @subsubheading June 13, 2004
4737 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
4738 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
4739 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2242&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4741 @ref{Old downloads}.
4746 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4747 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
4748 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
4749 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2207&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup,ChangeLog}
4751 @ref{Old downloads}.
4756 @subsubheading May 31, 2004
4757 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
4758 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog?rev=1.2000.2.9,ChangeLog}
4759 or head straight to the
4760 @ref{Old downloads}.
4765 @subsubheading May 26, 2004
4766 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
4767 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
4768 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4769 @ref{Old downloads}.
4774 @subsubheading May 9, 2004
4775 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
4776 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
4777 @ref{Old downloads}.
4782 @subsubheading May 4, 2004
4783 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
4785 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
4786 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
4787 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
4788 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
4789 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
4794 @subsubheading May 3, 2004
4795 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
4796 @ref{Old downloads}.
4801 @subsubheading April 17, 2004
4802 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
4803 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
4809 @subsubheading April 12, 2004
4810 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
4811 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
4812 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
4813 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
4814 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
4815 @ref{Old downloads}.
4820 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4821 A French article on the new LilyPond
4822 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
4827 @subsubheading April 8, 2004
4828 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
4829 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
4835 @subsubheading April 1, 2004
4836 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
4837 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
4838 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
4839 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
4840 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
4841 @ref{Old downloads}.
4846 @subsubheading March 31, 2004
4847 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
4848 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
4849 documentation polish. This should be the final release
4850 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
4852 @ref{Old downloads}.
4857 @subsubheading March 30, 2004
4858 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
4860 @ref{Old downloads}.
4865 @subsubheading March 28, 2004
4866 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
4867 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
4868 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
4875 @subsubheading March 22, 2004
4876 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
4877 @ref{Old downloads}.
4882 @subsubheading March 21, 2004
4883 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
4890 @subsubheading March 20, 2004
4891 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
4892 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
4893 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
4895 @ref{Old downloads}.
4900 @subsubheading March 15, 2004
4901 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
4902 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
4903 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
4906 @ref{Old downloads}.
4911 @subsubheading March 14, 2004
4913 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
4914 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
4920 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4921 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
4923 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
4924 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
4925 authors of LilyPond.
4930 @subsubheading March 11, 2004
4931 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
4932 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
4935 @ref{Old downloads}.
4940 @subsubheading March 9, 2004
4941 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
4942 experimental support for producing titles with
4948 @subsubheading February 29, 2004
4949 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
4950 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
4951 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
4953 @ref{Old downloads}.
4958 @subsubheading February 24, 2004
4959 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
4960 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
4961 of lyrics related bugs. See the
4963 @ref{Old downloads}.
4968 @subsubheading February 23, 2004
4969 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
4970 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
4971 produce cue notes. More information in the
4978 @subsubheading February 18, 2004
4979 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
4980 for altering accidental rules.
4986 @subsubheading February 16, 2004
4987 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
4988 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
4989 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
4990 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
4991 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
4992 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
4993 More information in the
5000 @subsubheading February 13, 2004
5001 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5002 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5003 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5010 @subsubheading February 12, 2004
5011 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5012 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5013 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5014 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5021 @subsubheading February 9, 2004
5022 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5023 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5024 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5025 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5026 More information in the
5033 @subsubheading February 5, 2004
5034 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5035 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5036 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5037 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5038 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5039 More information in the
5046 @subsubheading February 4, 2004
5047 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5048 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5049 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5057 @subsubheading February 2, 2004
5058 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5059 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5060 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5067 @subsubheading January 28, 2004
5068 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5069 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5070 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5071 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5080 @subsubheading January 26, 2004
5081 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5082 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5085 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5090 @subsubheading January 21, 2004
5092 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5093 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5094 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5097 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5102 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5103 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5104 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5105 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5106 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5111 @subsubheading January 20, 2004
5112 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5113 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5114 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5115 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5121 @subsubheading January 19, 2004
5122 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5123 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5125 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5130 @subsubheading January 18, 2004
5131 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5132 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5133 @uref{http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5138 @subsubheading January 17, 2004
5139 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5140 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5141 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5143 More information in the
5144 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5149 @subsubheading January 16, 2004
5150 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5151 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5153 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5158 @subsubheading January 13, 2004
5159 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5160 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5161 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5163 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5168 @subsubheading January 9, 2004
5169 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5170 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5171 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5172 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5173 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5174 individual music expressions.
5175 More information in the
5176 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5181 @subsubheading January 7, 2004
5182 An update to the stable branch,
5183 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5184 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5189 @subsubheading January 6, 2004
5190 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5191 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5192 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5193 More information in the
5194 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5199 @subsubheading January 4, 2004
5200 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5202 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5203 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5208 @subsubheading January 2, 2004
5209 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5210 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5211 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5212 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5217 @subsubheading December 30, 2003
5218 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5219 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5220 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5221 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5226 @subsubheading December 23, 2003
5227 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5228 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5229 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5230 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5231 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5232 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5237 @subsubheading December 17, 2003
5238 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5239 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5240 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5242 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5247 @subsubheading December 16, 2003
5248 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5249 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5250 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5251 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5256 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5257 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5259 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5264 @subsubheading October 11, 2003
5265 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
5267 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
5268 thanks to Heikki Junes.
5273 @subsubheading October 9, 2003
5274 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
5275 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
5276 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
5281 @subsubheading October 5, 2003
5282 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
5289 @subsubheading October 4, 2003
5290 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
5292 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
5293 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
5298 @subsubheading September 29, 2003
5299 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
5300 contains minor bugfixes.
5301 See the @ref{Changes}
5302 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
5307 @subsubheading September 27, 2003
5308 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
5309 @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,
5310 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
5316 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5317 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
5318 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
5319 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
5320 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
5321 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
5326 @subsubheading September 24, 2003
5327 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
5328 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
5329 the @ref{Changes} and
5330 download @uref{install/,here}.
5335 @subsubheading September 23, 2003
5336 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
5337 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5338 the @ref{Changes} and
5339 download @uref{install/,here}.
5344 @subsubheading September 19, 2003
5345 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
5346 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
5347 the @ref{Changes} and
5348 download @uref{install/,here}.
5353 @subsubheading September 17, 2003
5354 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
5355 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
5361 @subsubheading September 16, 2003
5362 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
5363 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
5369 @subsubheading September 10, 2003
5370 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
5371 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
5372 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
5373 will be available in a few weeks.
5379 @subsubheading September 9, 2003
5380 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
5381 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
5387 @subsubheading September 7, 2003
5388 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
5389 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
5395 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5396 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
5397 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
5398 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
5404 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5405 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
5406 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
5411 @subsubheading August 31, 2003
5412 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
5413 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
5414 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
5415 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5420 @subsubheading August 28, 2003
5421 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
5422 @ref{Changes} and get it
5423 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5428 @subsubheading August 26, 2003
5429 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
5430 @ref{Changes} and get it
5431 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5436 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5437 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
5438 @ref{Changes} and get it
5439 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
5444 @subsubheading August 25, 2003
5445 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
5446 @uref{http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
5451 @subsubheading August 21, 2003
5452 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
5453 read the @ref{Changes}.
5458 @subsubheading August 18, 2003
5459 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
5460 has been updated to 1.8.
5461 Download @uref{http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#lilypond,here.}
5466 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5467 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
5468 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
5473 @subsubheading August 7, 2003
5474 New website went live!
5479 @subsubheading August 6, 2003
5480 Announced new website.
5485 @subsubheading August 1, 2003
5486 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
5491 @subsubheading July 30, 2003
5492 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
5493 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
5499 @subsubheading July 29, 2003
5500 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
5501 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.